i think it's always been there, even more so at the minute, in a funny kind of way, because they've obviously just been relegated! not that anyone‘s taking any pleasure from that! no, not at all! in parts of england, the roots of identity drink from the waters of the ancient. in somerset, the mendip morris men dance on the land of the summer people... a dominion of apple blossom that predates england itself, where cider and cheese, dragons and the magical orchard wassail are all part of the story. you bless the trees by making a lot of noise to scare the evil spirits away, and then you sing a chant. of course you do. and that will ensure a good crop for next year. and it works? yes, so far, so good! with the rebirth of the wassails, to some extent, people are kicking back against globalisation and want to be seen as part

of something that's important to them that they can identify with. england is crisscrossed by invisible ley lines of belonging, identities knitted from strands of history and mystery, timeless, yet fundamental still. mark easton, bbc news, england. that's all from us. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris.

the headlines tonight: karius was concussed in kiev. the stunning revelation comes from doctors in the us who have performed tests on the liverpool keeper after his two costly errors in the chapmions league final. no leroy sane for germany. the manchester city winger‘s omission is the big shock as deadline day for the world cup squads comes and goes. a dramatic withdrawal. serena williams pulls out of her french open fourth round match with maria sharapova through injury just moments before it was due to start. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. hello again. thanks forjoining us. it's emerged liverpool goalkeeper loris karius was concussed during the champions league final. he's had scans at an american

hospital since the two mistakes which proved costly against real madrid. and doctors say the concussion could have affected his performance. earlier our reporter austin halewood joined me to explain. loris karius, after the game he was a dejected figure in the liverpool goal mouth. two mistakes from him lead to two of real madrid's goals in kiev. two high—profile mistakes in the biggest game on the world stage. the first goal came from karim benzema, it trickled into the net. the third goal on the night, a long—range effort from gareth bale, from way outside the box. loris karius fumbled and it went into the net. we know he was hit in the head before any of those goals. he was hit in the head by sergio ramos. intentional or not, we don't know,

but it was from a corner. crucially today, doctors haven't pinpointed thatis today, doctors haven't pinpointed that is the moment this concussion occurred, but they know that one occurred, but they know that one occurred in the game. loris karius has received threats in the aftermath on social media after his performance. however we do now know that there could have been a medical reason behind this two mistakes. the doctors haven't said exactly where it might have happened, but they know the diagnosis from it. that's right. loris karius has been on holiday in the us. he and liverpool wa nted holiday in the us. he and liverpool wanted to get checked out. he went to massachusetts general hospital. usually they wouldn't release such results like this but he gave the hospital permission to release the results. he definitely suffered from a concussion in the game. but they've concluded that it could be possible that such deficits would have affected his performance, but of course we don't know the exact result of how it happened in the

match. pep guardiola has been banned for two champions league matches by uefa with the second suspended for a year after he was sent off during the second leg of manchester city's quarter final against liverpool in april. meanwhile liverpool have been fined a total of 29 thousand euros meanwhile liverpool have been fined a total of eur29,000 for a number of offenses. including 20,000 for disturbances at the first leg against city when the visiting team's bus was attacked on the way into anfield. the 32 teams going to the world cup in russia have named their 23 man squads for the tournament with the biggest surprise manchester city's leroy sane not being picked by germany. sane helped city to the premier league title and was rewarded with the pfa young player of the season award. but was left out in favour of bayer leverkusen‘sjulian brandt. in what coachjochim loew called a very close decision. meanwhile despite only playing once since september keeper manuel neuer is included and as captain. sane's manchester city teammate vincent kompany has been given two weeks to prove his fitness after he was included in the belgium

squad despite a groin injury. crystal palace striker christian benteke has missed out. belgium are in england's group — they meet onjune the 28th. and mohamed salah has been named in egypt's world cup squad. but the liverpool forward won't be meeting up with his team—mates until saturday as he continues his recovery from the shoulder injury he suffered during the champions league final. england leave for the world cup in eight days time. today gareth southgate gave his biggest indication yet that goalkeeperjordan pickford will be his first choice in in russia handing the everton keeper has been given the number one jersey. you can see the full i to 23 on the bbc sport website. the team's final warm up friendly is against costa rica on thursday. england women will be captained by lucy bronze for their world cup qualifier with russia on friday. she takes the place of regular captain steph houghton who will miss the match whilst she has surgery on a knee injury. it's the second time this year that the lyon defender who won the bbc‘s women's footballer of the year award has captained the lionesses. players look up to her,

she's a champions league winner, she's a multiple winner in france and she is well respected. lucy will captain the side on friday. it's up to the likes ofjordan nobbs and others, they are leaders in the dressing room as well. it's something that i've seen a long time in lucy, something she thrives on, more responsibility and hopefully will see that on friday. after a ban of 13 months from football for betting joey barton is back. the former manchester city and newcastle player is making his return as the new manager of fleetwood town in the third tier of english football. he's the third recently retired footballer who have given up a high profilejob in the media to start his coaching career outside the premier league after steven gerrard and frank lampard did the same. we are all willing to get our hands dirty and not sit in the safety of the money we have in the bank, or

not sit in the safety of a tv studio, radio studio, and we are prepared to get up and start putting back into the game. it can show the pathways of how we start to get a conveyor belt of coaches in our pyramid. theirs is the greatest and most enduring rivalry in women's tennis right now. and we were all set for one of the most anticipated matches between serena williams and maria sharapova. their first meeting since the american became a mother since sharapova returned from a doping ban and since some notable comments in the russian‘s autobiograpy about williams. all that in the melting pot. but moments before their fourth round match at the french open today serena withdrew as patrick gearey reports. the clues were there, watch serena williams' served in a doubles match yesterday, the power which defines her has gone. after she chose not to carry her bag from court for fear of

aggravating the injury which has ended her tournament. i have never had this before, this is one of the things i was telling my team, i've neverfelt this in my life, this is so painful. so i don't really know how to manage it yet, sadly when you do have an injury that you are bad before, you can kind of manage it, and i have pretty much had every injury in the book, but this is a little different. this was the first grand slam event serena has played in since she beat venus in the australian open final last year, the 23rd grand slam title, perhaps most remarkable — she was pregnant at the time. she gave birth to a daughter last yard hope to play in the aussie she gave birth to a daughter last september and planned to play in the aussie open, but had to pull out after a blood clot. she was due to play maria sharapova today, the nearest she has had to a rival

who is not a relation. it is very difficult, because i love playing maria, a match i always get up for, the game matches so well against mine, i have given up so much to be here, you know, there is times i am on the court, i am practising, i look on the monitor, i see my daughter, she is playing, i want to be there, but these are the sacrifices you have to make to live out your dream. serena will be 37 in september. she has won all that is to win, and this will test the strength of her addiction to victory. on her instagram she wrote, i have done a lot of fighting, and this isjust the beginning. patrick gearey, bbc news. that withdrawal wasn't the only surprise on day nine, with the second seed, and australian open champion, caroline wozniacki, knocked out. she was beaten by russian daria kasatkina a former french open junior champion. rafael nadal‘s progress to the quarter finals has been

as serene as you might expect. that iith french open title a step closer after a straight sets win over germany's maximilian marterer. england bowler chris woakes has been ruled out of sunday's one—day international against scotland. he took four wickets in the test win over pakistan but he also picked up a thigh strain and joins ben stokes on the injury list. surrey‘s tom curran comes in. meanwhile englnad's women have recalled pace bowler katherine brunt and wicketkeeper sarah taylor for the first two matches of their one—day series against south africa. the three—match series starts at new road on saturday so just before we go, if being told you're not in your country's world cup squad is bad enough, imagine having to see your rejection in sticker form. and not the size of sticker you'll be collecting before the tournament starts.

just after germany had announced their final 23 for russia, which didn't include leroy sane, they had to take his picture down from outside the german football museum in dortmund. clearly they were also surprised the manchester city winger didn't make the squad. brutal. that's all from sportsday. coming up next on bbc news it's the papers. goodnight. welcome to our look ahead at the papers. joining me is laura humes am a political correspondent at the financial times. good to see you both. let's ta ke

let's take a look at the front pages. the i the story —— has the story of a woman who was due to breast cancer with her own white blood cells. rbs shares to be part nationalised in the financial times. the list of safety failures which led to the groenefeld —— the list of safety failures which led to the grenfell tower disaster in the guardian. details have been published. and a picture of the kitchen of flat i6 published. and a picture of the kitchen of flat 16 where the fire started. an mi5 undercover operation to capture britain's youngest female jihadis he was found guilty of

terrorist charges at the old bailey today. thousands caught in a debt trap as social care costs go up. and the smash and grab robbery carried out on michael mcintyre. we will start with the grenfell tower enquiry. why were they not told to get out? front page of the telegraph. the fire brigade's responds to this. while the place was on fire and burning, people were told to stay in their flats. the most worrying part of the article is quite far in. it says that the head of this report is still unclear about the basis of delaying the strategy. saying there was this significant period where people were trusting the fire service who were telling them to stay where they were. you would be terrified. you wouldn't know where to go. you would

perhaps listen to the fire services. there was this half an hour delay in which it has been suggested that a number of people may have been able to escape. we know some did. either because they just to escape. we know some did. either because theyjust ignored the fire services and ran, or they were eventually rescued by the fire brigade. this is incredibly difficult to read. my first thought was to the members of the fire brigade, who you remember the images of them in the morning, having worked all night to try to rescue people, feeling after the distraught, and now to have such a massive public enquiry basically blaming the fire services for pursuing a strategy which she said did not make sense. i spoke to an architect and a man who was involved in the enquiry into another tower fire back in 2005, i think it was. i